Eliza sat quietly for the mayor's speech, in the years she spent travelling West this was all too normal for her. Raiders were once again causing trouble for a settlement, yet, this time it was her home, her settlement. Certainly she may not know those being held hostage, beyond a friendly greeting in passing but it made it all seem more… personal. A hushed chatter made its way around the room before the Mayor could continue with his address. It was not until the Mayor got to reading out names of those [i]volunteered[/i] to go and fix the problem that Eliza’s attention peaked and It was seemingly inevitable that her name was on the list. [i]”Fuck. I just wanted to go back to bed."[/i] she muttered under her breath. The Mayor was quick to finish the rest of the address and upon its conclusion the remainder of the townsfolk made their way out of the hall, muttering and glancing at those staying behind all the while. With the hall cleared Eliza made her way to the front with the others. There was a flurry of questions and ideas from those assembled, each one had their own merits and downsides. But there was one that truly stood out to her, Sam, the Ghoul. A few years ago the thought of even standing next to a Ghoul would have made her sick to the stomach yet here she was. But it was the words he spoke that truly caught her off guard, there was venom in them, honestly it reminded her of something her father would have suggested to do to Sam and other Ghouls. Once the others had finished she felt ready to say her piece. “Look I don’t really like the idea of just being volunteered for this sort of work, but say I play ball the only advice I could offer would be that, despite what my gut says, it may be best to at least try the negotiation path first. These are Raiders at the end of the day, psychopaths and drug addicts.” [i]The irony of that last point was not lost on her.[/i] “The moment we start; picking off a few, breaching the compound... Drugging them somehow or generally acting shifty, they could start executing hostages. And as for a leader, while I’m all for democracy, personally, I think for something like this it’d be best to be appointed with absolute authority, trying to vote on how to save lives could just end up costing those lives instead.”